Soldiers of the 1st Corps of the Ukrainian National Guard “Azov” struck more than 100 Russian trains carrying fuel and other supplies in the Donetsk region.
As a result of the prisoner exchange on October 23, Azov soldier Taras Zvarychuk returned from Russian captivity; the occupiers had sentenced him to 29 years in prison “for terrorism.”
Units of the 1st Corps of the Ukrainian National Guard “Azov” destroyed facilities used to store and supply fuel to Russian troops in the temporarily occupied part of Donetsk region over the course of a month.
Between August 1 and 8, the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck 12 more vessels of Russia’s shadow fleet in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
After moving more than 50 ships to the Taman area in the Sea of Azov, the Russians cannot be certain of the safety of their new base, and the decision not to withdraw the ships from the Azov-Black Sea region is a political one.
On July 11 and during the night of July 12, Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Syzran Refinery in the Samara region of the Russian Federation, as well as 10 Russian tankers and four ferries in the waters of the Sea of Azov.
Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck 12 Russian tankers, one tugboat, and one dry cargo ship in the waters of the Sea of Azov, as well as an oil loading terminal in the Rostov region.
On the night of July 8, Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck nine more tankers belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet in the Sea of Azov.
Ukrainian defense forces struck a Russian helicopter in the waters of the Sea of Azov and a number of targets in the temporarily occupied territories of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
Russian forces currently have no naval vessels deployed in either the Black Sea or the Sea of Azov, and most of the functions previously performed by Russia's Black Sea Fleet are now being carried out by naval aviation.
Soldiers from the National Guard’s 12th Special Forces Brigade “Azov” met with Prince Harry and presented the Duke and Duchess of Sussex with a symbolic gift as a token of gratitude for their support of Ukraine.
The National Resistance Center has warned that the Sea of Azov is facing a potential environmental disaster, as Russian authorities are preparing a large-scale jellyfish harvest.
Some 30% of the personnel from military unit 3057 of the 12th National Guard Azov Brigade have been returned from Russian captivity, but the Azov soldiers and marines are not being handed over.